Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0450518

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0450518

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cultural Dynamics of Narratives: Micro and Macro Implications of Narrative Transmission. Stories circulated in everyday conversations may have global implications by exerting a subtle cultural influence on social actions. Stories about martyrdom and wartime heroics, for instance, describe what goals a protagonist pursues in what way in what context. We propose that in communicating such stories people affirm and re-affirm for each other what they should do under what circumstances. The exchange of these stories can result in the formation and transformation of a large-scale cultural grouping, which may have significant socio-political implications such as extremist terrorism and intercultural clashes. We test these propositions in experiments and computer simulations.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 25-03-2004

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $605,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Social And Community Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Communication Not Elsewhere Classified | Psychology | Social And Community Psychology

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